Insights and Reflections 1.
- Ten education issues the new government should address
- Setting education priorities
- Gove spells out education priorities for 'a new era'
- Obama Outlines Five Top Education Priorities
Exercise 5 - Singaporeans make good managers, not good leaders.- What is a leader?
- What makes a good leader?
- What is a manager?
- What makes a good manager?
- What is the difference between leader and manager?
In his 1989 book “On Becoming a Leader,” Warren Bennis composed a list of the differences:
– The manager administers; the leader innovates.
– The manager is a copy; the leader is an original.
– The manager maintains; the leader develops.
– The manager focuses on systems and structure; the leader focuses on people.
– The manager relies on control; the leader inspires trust.
– The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.
– The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.
– The manager has his or her eye always on the bottom line; the leader’s eye is on the horizon.
– The manager imitates; the leader originates.
– The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
– The manager is the classic good soldier; the leader is his or her own person.
– The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.
Richard Daft thinks that...
- The manager plans and budgets; the leader creates vision and strategy
- The manager is generally directing and controlling; the leader allows room for others to grow, and change him/her in the process
- The manager creates boundaries; the leader reduces them
- The manager’s relationship with people is based on position power; the leader’s relationship and influence is based on personal power
- The manager acts as boss; the leader acts as coach, facilitator, and servant
- The manager exhibits and focuses on (a) emotional distance, (b) expert mind, (c) talking, (d) conformity, and (e) insight into organization; the leader: (a) emotional connectedness, (b) open mind, (c) listening, (d) nonconformity, and (e) insight into self
- The manager maintains stability; the leader creates change- The manager creates a culture of efficiency; the leader creates a culture of integrity
Product innovation is defined as:
“ the development of new products, changes in design of established products, or use of new materials or components in the manufacture of established products ”
Thus product innovation can be divided into two categories of innovation: development of new products, and improvement of existing products.
Research and development (R&D) comprise creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications. R&D is a term covering three activities: basic research, applied research, and experimental development.
Exercise 6 - How democratic would you rate the Singapore government?
@#$%^&*(.
Honestly I don't give damn about politics, education, human rights.
As long as I have a decent future with you, nothing else matters.
Jiayou dear! I love you! :)
Holiday nightmare......
21 Nov:
Physics
0800-1000
E201
23 Nov:
Physics
1030-1230
E201
25 Nov:
Physics
0800-1000
E201
10 Dec - 18 Dec:
Lonely Me...
3 Jan:
Econs
1330-1530
A401
4 Jan:
Econs
1030-1230
A401
- What is a leader?
- What makes a good leader?
- What is a manager?
- What makes a good manager?
- What is the difference between leader and manager?
In his 1989 book “On Becoming a Leader,” Warren Bennis composed a list of the differences:
– The manager administers; the leader innovates.
– The manager is a copy; the leader is an original.
– The manager maintains; the leader develops.
– The manager focuses on systems and structure; the leader focuses on people.
– The manager relies on control; the leader inspires trust.
– The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.
– The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.
– The manager has his or her eye always on the bottom line; the leader’s eye is on the horizon.
– The manager imitates; the leader originates.
– The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
– The manager is the classic good soldier; the leader is his or her own person.
– The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.
Richard Daft thinks that...
- The manager plans and budgets; the leader creates vision and strategy
- The manager is generally directing and controlling; the leader allows room for others to grow, and change him/her in the process
- The manager creates boundaries; the leader reduces them
- The manager’s relationship with people is based on position power; the leader’s relationship and influence is based on personal power
- The manager acts as boss; the leader acts as coach, facilitator, and servant
- The manager exhibits and focuses on (a) emotional distance, (b) expert mind, (c) talking, (d) conformity, and (e) insight into organization; the leader: (a) emotional connectedness, (b) open mind, (c) listening, (d) nonconformity, and (e) insight into self
- The manager maintains stability; the leader creates change- The manager creates a culture of efficiency; the leader creates a culture of integrity
Product innovation is defined as:
| “ | the development of new products, changes in design of established products, or use of new materials or components in the manufacture of established products | ” |
Thus product innovation can be divided into two categories of innovation: development of new products, and improvement of existing products.
Research and development (R&D) comprise creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications. R&D is a term covering three activities: basic research, applied research, and experimental development.
Exercise 6 - How democratic would you rate the Singapore government?
@#$%^&*(.
Honestly I don't give damn about politics, education, human rights.
As long as I have a decent future with you, nothing else matters.
Jiayou dear! I love you! :)
Holiday nightmare......
21 Nov:
Physics
0800-1000
E201
23 Nov:
Physics
1030-1230
E201
25 Nov:
Physics
0800-1000
E201
10 Dec - 18 Dec:
Lonely Me...
3 Jan:
Econs
1330-1530
A401
4 Jan:
Econs
1030-1230
A401
